No Win Scenario

This Story: Season 3 Episode 4 (production code 304)
PIC Overall: Episode 24
Trek Overall: TBD
Airdate: 9 Mar 2023
Written by Terry Matalas & Sean Tretta
Directed by Jonathan Frakes

Notes

• Raffaela does not appear in this episode.  Neither does Worf.
• We see a picture of the late Rene Auberjonois as Odo in this episode.
• Seven’s quarters appear to have a Kal-Toh game in it.
• The planet Argelius IV is mentioned.  This is another planet in the same system that was visited by Kirk’s Enterprise in “Wolf in the Fold” (Argelius II).
• This episode mirrors some parts of the plot of “Encounter at Farpoint” – in fact, events of that episode are mentioned in this one.
• When a Changeling bucket is discovered inside a light fixture, it was an intentional nod to finding a phaser in much the same way in “The Conscience of the King“.
• The events of the episode “Darmok” are recalled here.
• The Hirogen (from Star Trek Voyager) are also mentioned here.
• The first appearance of the red door, which becomes a major plot point in the last two episodes.

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